that's a good thing. temperatures are going to settle into the mid-40s here, low to mid-40s this afternoon. some upper 30s north and west. but a windy day. winds are really going to be howling, gusting 30, 40, maybe 50 miles an hour. so wind advisory till 6:00 p.m. for most of you. we've got the snow showers north and west now coming in with the colder air. the heavy rains have really pulled away very quickly. now off shore across portions of new england. behind it a sliver of sprinkles here just trying to get out of anne arundel county, across the bay. then we'll be completely done with the precip from this except for the snow showers. look at these wind gusts right now gusting to 45 miles an hour in gaithersburg. 25 leesburg. and 39 in hagerstown. a quick look at the wind advisory. there it is gusting to 50 miles an hour. temperatures dropping d it's growing to be a chilly afternoon. monika? >> flooding is definitely the big word of the day. and also high wind warnings as well around town. so i want to let you know the bay bridge, they're dealing

with wind restrictions. no box trucks, house trailers or empty semi trucks or rvs allowed. on the eastbound side of route 50, all of the trucks are stopped along the right side of the roadway waiting for that to lift. in the meantime, it might cause a few delays. also want to let you know if you're planning to use the roads out this morning, especially on the lesser traveled roadways, stick with the message. turn around, don't drown. flooding and high water and downed trees all over the metropolitan area, especially on your lesser traveled roads. let's take a live look outside and show you what it looks like. if you're planning to head here, southbound i-270, you have delays 109 to 121. still looking good at falls road to the point where the lanes divide. on the northbound side of i-95 where it's bunching up in springfield, if you're planning to head over on vre this morning, flood restrictions in effect. they're only going 40 miles an hour. expect 20-minute delays. back to you, mike and jess. >> thank you, monika. with the wind and the rain last night, there are thousands of power outages scattered around our area. we checked with the local power

companies to give you an update on the outage list. pepco is working to restore power to more than 1700 customers. most are in montgomery county. >> pg&-- bg&e have 1700 customers without power. virginia dominion power is reporting outages affecting more than 600 customers in northern virginia. novec has just over 100 customers in the dark and sneco is reporting 72 outages. >> montgomery county fire and rescue had to do some work. several people were trapped in rising waters overnight. we have live pictures from one of the most recent scenes. this is in brookeville. it appears there was a driver trying to get through the high flood waters and of course got stuck. as we say turn around, don't drown. he was trapped on the roof of his car till rescuers came. authorities say this should serve as a reminder don't drive through flood waters. again, turn around. confirmation hearings for chuck hagel begin this morning on capitol hill in front of the

senate armed services committee. >> president obama nominated the former nebraska senator as the next u.s. defense secretary. his confirmation process is expected to be somewhat contentious, more so than senator john kerry for secretary of state. delia goncalves is live in our satellite center. she has more on hagel's battle as he goes before the senate. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. it will be a fiery hearing on the hilda. senator kerry breezed through his confirmation process. it won't be as easy for senator chuck hagel, mainly because of his past comments that are literally coming back to haunt him. the 66-year-old vietnam veteran says his views have been distorted but his critics, and there are lots of them, say it shows a deep misunderstanding of the issues, including israeli-u.s. relations. some comments have been seen as pro-palestine, even as a justification for terrorism. the senator has even been seen as anti-gay. but his colleagues, including

republican senator john coryn from texas are not buying his apology. >> i realize senator hagel is now repudiating many of his past actions and statements, but we've seen this before, unfortunately. individuals approaching the confirmation process undergoing a seaming transformation. but this sudden and convenient transformation beggars belief. he has not undergone an ideological makeover. he just wants to win approval from members of this chamber in what we might call a confirmation conversion. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, i'll let you know -- 6:30 rather, i'll leapt you know how hagel is fighting back and -- i'll let you know how hagel is fighting back and who is on his side. >> thank you, delia, live in our satellite center. yesterday on capitol hill,

former congresswoman gabriel giffords delivered emotional testimony during a hearing on gun control. the gunshot victim begged congress to pals new laws to keep americans safe. nra chief wayne lapierre was also there and he rejected the argument that new laws would do just that. this was the first congressional hearing on the issue since the school shootings in newtown, connecticut. more than two dozen students from sandy hook elementary school are headed to new orleans. the children will perform at the super bowl on sunday. they're scheduled to sing "america the beautiful" just before kickoff. >> which brings us to the latest on the controversy surrounding ray lewis. the ravens say the "sports illustrated" report linking him to performance enhancing drugs will not be a distraction as they prepare for sunday's super bowl against the 49ers. they say he used deer antler extract which contains a substance banned by the n.f.l.

he denied ever using it in his effort to return. sunday's super dome showdown will be the final game of his career and of course you can see it right here on wusa9. >> of course, wusa9 is in new orleans. we're counting down to the big game all week long bringing you all the stories, all the blitz, all the glitz. then you can settle down with your super bowl feast this sunday. game time 6:30 right here on wusa9. >> depending on where you are, you probably heard some wind and some rain outside your house last night, but not much of a problem compared to other places. a powerful storm swept through the southeast. and there it spawned tornadoes and dangerous winds. at least two people have died, dozens more are homeless and businesses have been destroyed. one of the deaths was in georgia where a tornado hit a smalltown there. another person died in tennessee. a twister hit near nashville, tennessee. a former chief psychiatrist at the f.b.i. who's been trying to convince d.c. government to allow him to write prescriptions for

narcotics is now closing down his office. dr. allen salerian believes the very existence of pain causes brain damage and can't be repaired and to prevent brain damage, he prescribes pain 34ed indication, -- medication, more of it than other physicians do. the d.c. health department wants to shut him down. salerian says he's surrendering now, at least for the time being because he has no choice. he says he's bankrupt. the time is 6:07. i am watching your money. facebook says higher costs dragged down profits by nearly 80% last quarter. but the social networking site says revenues got a boost from stronger ad sales on mobile devices. facebook's monthly average user base grew by 25% from a year ago. now a little over a billion people on facebook. meantime the dow jones industrial average hit a speed bump on its way to 14,000. stocks fell after the government said the economy unexpectedly pulled back in october by a tenth of a

percent. the dow lost 44 points on the news. the nasdaq was off by 11. if you thought last year was challenging for you financially, check out living social. the d.c.-based daily deals company lost -- get this -- $650 million. after hypergrowth in the washington area becoming one of our largest employers, the last few months have seen living social closing local offices, management shake-ups and it laid off 10% of its work force. the financial results were reported in an scc filing from amazon.com which owns 29% of the company. there was a bright spot, though. living social says revenue doubled to $536 million. >> that's no small chunk of change. >> it is not indeed. still ahead, celebrating carnivores. we're heading back into the kitchen to continue our sl base this week -- our celebration this week of d.c.'s meat week. it's barbecue time

howard here with your weather first. we're getting rid of the rain but colder air is moving in and lots of wind today. we could have gusts to 50 miles an hour with a wind advisory till 6:00. temperatures fairly steady from 39 to 49. on the northbound side of i-

95, some delays now as you travel into woodbridge. then again here at route 644 to the beltway. no issues on 395. but on the gw parkway, watch out for high standing water basically between the memorial bridge and the 14th street bridge. more on area roads coming up in my next report. back to you, mike. so we're talking about barbecue and we can't stop talking about it because it's fantastic. it is meat week in d.c. the national holiday. i think it's 26 cities. one of the cities is d.c. of course. joining us now is steve adelson from carnivore bark cue. i said where do i find carnivore bark cue and you said everywhere. >> we have three trucks in washington, d.c. i'm getting ready to open in baltimore. we're trying to get our great food out to everyone. >> what do we have in front of us? >> this would be our signature dish. this is our smoked beef brisket. it takes anywhere from 16 to 22 hours from start to finish.

>> oh, wow. what's the coating on it? >> this is called -- we put a rub. what's created in the smoking process is it creates a bark on the outside. and that's where you have the most intense -- you have the most fat up here and fat and smoke means flavor. >> it creates taste. >> yes. so it's just like that. incredible carrization that takes -- carmelization that takes place in bacon, that's where you get a lot of that aroma from. it creates that reduction, delicious -- luscious, delicious quality. >> in addition to the beef, you do several other dishes. >> we do pulled pork, smoked loaded beans. we've done smoked goat. you name it. anything that's long, slow, tough meat, it ends up being delicious want it is gets out of the smoker. >> you running any specials for

meat week? going to extra places? >> meat week we're doing a competition at living social. it's going to be our signature dish. this brisket right here and our pulled pork. then our amazing loaded smoked baked beans. >> can we plate up one while we're chatting here? can we build a sandwich? >> absolutely. >> and of course the gorgeous barbecue sauce which should be at every meal, no matter what it is, in my opinion. what's the difference between -- i know this is going to sound funny but you have pulled pork. is there such a thing as pulled beef brisket or is it usually always in slices? >> you can do it either way. the reality is the meat itself will dictate whether it's going to be a slice, how thick a slice it's going to. if it's a tough piece of meat, you might cut it a little thinner. if it ends up being a very soft luscious piece of meat, that's when it ends up being almost like a pulled pork. again, it's -- the cut of meat

itself, the particular meat is going to dictate what it ends up being. >> we're just about ready to toss it to howard. i'm going to steal a piece while he's getting this ready. how much time, lauren? about 20 seconds. >> we'll get this together. this is our memphis sauce, our sweet. do you like spicy? >> yeah. this is our mustard. >> i'll give it a try. as i take a big bite, i'll be tossing it over you to. i'll save you some. >> we want to bring you some breaking news. fire crews are working to put out a fire at a home in the 7700 block of glenmore spring road in bethesda. at this point one person had to be rescued from the burning home. no word at this point how serious the injuries are at this time. we're going to continue to follow the story. we're told the fire right now is under control. we will have more information. we'll bring it you to when it

becomes available. now over to you, howard. thanks, jess. got a lot of wind this morning. that's not helping the firefighters. water last night a big problem. this is up in frederick county. this is ijamsville at muntger road. that's water covering the entire road. we're seeing lots of that this morning in places up in frederick and loudoun and all these areas that you see where flood warnings here going along the spine of the blue ridge there. we've got shenandoah county schools closed. culpeper on a two-hour delay due to high water. even luray. just heard from amy who says she has 2 feet of water in the front yard. the winds, maybe they should consider a closure or delay she's saying. just be careful out there this morning. in montgomery county we've got some streams, creeks, rivers as well that are on the high side but no more flash flooding because the rains have left. looking at our day planner, temperatures will be dropping into the low 40s and not really recovering much to about 45, 46 with a healthy, brink, almost really -- brisk, almost really

strong wind out of the west, 20, 30, 40, could gust to 50. much colder air moving in. look at all the snow returning toward the ohio valley and western pennsylvania, western new york. the big storms from yesterday, last night have now moved off shore. the last little vestige of moisture here toward chestertown, the upper part of the bay. now the rains are gone. we have an advisory for most of us. south of town they've dropped it but most of us are going to see winds gusting 40, 45, maybe 50 miles an hour at times as we go throughout the rest of the day. the gusts are already near 40 in hagerstown. we're gusting to 40 in gaithersburg. we've had gusts higher than this but still that's plenty strong right now. temps are dropping, down to 48 at andrews after being 60 just a few hours ago. still 55 in southern maryland at the pax river naval air station. but 39 in winchester and hagerstown with some of the windchills here dropping into the 20s already. looking outside, great visibility. we're doing much better. 50 at national airport.

humidity at 52%. the forecast calling for clearing today but a windy, colder day. mid-40s. we'll see some mountain snow showers. 29 tonight. late tonight, early tomorrow some light now or snow showers, flurries especially south of town. we only get to 33 tomorrow. still windy with the northwesterly winds over 30 at times. by saturday 36, less wind. sunday it's going to be in the low 40s, 41, with a chance of a flurry. 50 by tuesday. back to the mid-40s on wednesday. monika, we saw some of the high water out west, northwest of town causing issues for a lot of people. that's right. we keep getting messages from loudoun county saying they received up to 3 inches of water. they're saying please do not attempt to drive through any roads that you think may be flooded. turn around, don't drown. flooding and high water across the metropolitan area and especially to the west of town as howard has been saying and downed trees to deal with as well. for example, northbound on the bw parkway north of 197 causing

some delays. let's take a look outside right now. if you're planning to head southbound on i-270, it's that normal slow stuff route 109 to 121 and then in germantown it's going to be a tiny bit slow as well. but the lanes are open on 270. montgomery county fire and rescue by the way have been on the scene of a rescue at gold mine at chandley mill. northbound side of 95, basically no big issues. just a lot of slow traffic heading up into springfield before the pace improves. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, monika. duct tape dos and don'ts. we're going to go through the many uses of duct tape when we return. this is one you probably shouldn't use. keep it here. thanks for waking

welcome back. 6:226789 your weather first.

the rains are leaving. winds have increased. we're looking at colder temperatures as well. temperatures down to the lower 40s in parts of loudoun county. still 50 at national but barely. windchills are dropping into the 30s. so bundle up. it is going to be a windy and cold day. at least the sun is coming back. we're looking at temperatures topping out or getting back to, i should say, the middle 40s. jessica? duct tape has plenty of uses, but jeannie found some that you probably shouldn't try. take a look. >> reporter: they're nothing to sniff at. duct tape diapers used to smuggle cocaine. two women were caught coming into j.f.k. airport wearing them. two women flew in from the dominican republic. a canine alerted and responded to one suspect's midsection. another suspect walked with an awkward gait. each was carrying over three keel lows of cocaine -- kilos of cocaine in their duct taped

diapers. such a ridiculous smuggling technique. we haven't seen anyone hide drugs in diapers since three men and a baby conspired to successfully allude a narcotics detective. according to the complaint, one of the duct tape diapered suspects said she was offered $9,000 to $10,000 to smuggle the coke into the u.s. crack cocaine, tweeted one jokester. while we're on the subject of cocaine in diapers, guess what they found on nine out of ten baby changing stations at public rest rooms in the u.k.? for a documentary, journalists at real radio used wipes to swab public bathrooms. 92 out of the 100-plus baby units tested positive for cocaine. duct tape diapers got us thinking about how handy duct tape is for so many things.

aprons and rain hats. it's even used to tape down an out of control passenger on a plane. nasa space shuttles never left earth without it. >> i tell you, i think we would be lost without duct tape up here. >> reporter: a duct tape bandit used it when he rob ad-libbing core store. he -- robbed a liquor store. he covered his face. it's enough to give diapers a dirty name. >> it could be a day of fireworks on capitol hill. former senator chuck hagel heads to the hilda. >> the president's pick for secretary of defense begins a hearing. delia goncalves is covering that. she'll have more on that coming les ay:

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welcome back. 6:29. this is the place you can always get your weather first. the u.s. capitol. we started this morning it was a little over 60 degrees. in the last two hours it's dropped down to 50 and it's going to keep dropping. thanks a lot for joining us. we're glad you're with us for this thursday. i'm mike hydeck. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is on assignment in new orleans and we're mighty jealous. this morning you're probably waking up to a wet morning commute. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on our weather terrace with that changing forecast. good morning, howard. good morning, jess. good morning, mike. you're going to run into wet streets because of the rain from last night but most of the rain has gone east of the bay and actually off shore.

now we're dealing with the remnants with some high waters from flooding in spots. that's going to cause some delays. monika will have more on that. this morning we're looking good. sunshine but windy today. very windy in fa those wiat times could st 40 to 50 miles an hour as temperatures will drp off to the low to mid--- drop off to the low to mid-40s and pretty much hang out there for much of the day. there goes the heavy rain. boston has seen it along with providence. we're seeing snow showers in central and western pennsylvania. closer to home you see everything is clearing out very quickly to the east. moon shining brightly this morning and the sprinkles that we had here on this side of the bay, they're gone. it's just a windy morning gusting to 41 in leesburg right now. 40 in gaithersburg and 29 at national as the temps have dropped off into the 40s with some windchills now down in the 20s and 30s. let's go to monika samtani with more on the road closures and other incidents we're dealing with. we're going to give you a fine example of what we've been talking about with the high standing water and flooding conditions. this is the third water rescue

this morning that montgomery county fire and rescue have been dealing with. this is in the 16000 block not far from convince orchard high school. you can see the cars stuck in the high water. do not attempt to cross high water. if you see the flooding conditions, turn around and deal with other roads. do not deal with this. you can see fire and rescue at the bottom of your screen trying to figure out how to get this guy out of here. in the meantime, let's go to a couple of graphics. i want to let you know there are wind restrictions on the bay bridge which means no box trucks, house trailers, empty semi trucks or rvs allowed there. if you're planning to head out, turn around, don't drown. there are doubled trees and wires all around the metropolitan area. one more thing. if you use public transportation, marc camden trains 5 to 10 minutes late. brunswick 87210 to 15.

vre with the flood restrictions up to 20 minutes late this morning. back to you. >> see you in a bit. time to see what our partners at cbs this morning are covering. i wondering what they're doing down in new orleans. maybe kicking off super bowl coverage. >> are you finding andrea roane there but she's out partying so i don't think she's up this early. >> good morning to you from new orleans. this incredible set. we have an incredible morning. we're kicking off our coverage from super bowl park with several special guests, including one of america's most loved quarterbacks drew brees and talk to jaynes brown about the bizarre ak skiings a-- accusations involving ray lewis and antler extract. and also how mardi gras will be bigger than ever. there's lots of excitement already here in new orleans. >> we'll be there. i'll send andrea a text. she has to come over and see

that set. it's gorgeous. >> tell her i want to hang with her. >> sounds good. have a great show. see you at 7:00. in the meantime president obama's pick for defense secretary is facing what could be a tough road to confirmation. chuck hagel begins hearings on his nomination. >> he's under fire for controversial comments he's made in his past. some are from a long time ago. delia goncalves is here with more on how he's trying to fight back. >> reporter: he's on a p.r. campaigning. a lot of folks are likening there to a campaign because they're going very hard, both sides. so the senator actually has one other senator on his side, and that is senator thad conrad of mississippi. most democrats support the pick and they make the majority in the senate, so hagel would essentially only need about five republican votes to make it through this confirmation but it will be an uphill battle. there's a lot to prove. but republican leaders will have a lot of questions at

today's confirmation hearing. among them potential sequestration cuts at the pentagon, his views in the middle east and his views of women and gays in the military. the last two specifically will be asked in light of controversial comments made in the past seen as anti-israel and anti-gay. hagel is fighting back and apologizing. >> we chose this as the hagel war room. we are doing rapid response as issues come in. that's what you would expect in this confirmation process. >> as a measure of our progress as a nation and specifically as a community of lgbt individuals, within 24 hours senator hagel had issued an apology. >> so he has some folks on his side. the 66-year-old vietnam veteran says his views have been distorted but it will be an uphill battle. we'll see how it goes today. >> sounds like he will have to defend every comma and permed the way things are going. >> we are -- period the way things are going. >> and we're going back 13

years. he's certainly said a lot during those 13 years. he will have a lot of explaining to do on the hill. the manti te'o girlfriend hoax has been in and out of headlines for weeks now. the alleged mastermind behind the hoax is going to speak out for the very first time. >> i wanted to end it because after everything i'd gone through, i finally realized that i just had to move on with my life and how to get, you know, my -- me, i had to start just living and let this go. >> during the broadcast, we're expected to learn more about tuiasosopo and how he explains how he got manti take yo into a fake -- te'o into a fake relationship. president obama said he wants to get an immigration

reform package passed as soon as this summer and he believes congress can tackle immigration reform and gun control at the same time. when we come back, the gi film festival is holding a bachelor auction that will -- [indiscernible] -- with an officer. hopefully a gentleman right before valentine's day. >> good idea. we'll be right back. you're watching wusa9. it is 50 degrees at 6:36. keep

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creeks and streams. the back roads especially. if they're not well lit, cue return -- you could run that that very quickly. west of town, frederick, montgomery county, loudoun county. loudoun county, they had so many areas of high water, that goes all the way down the spine of the blue ridge, toward shenandoah county where they closed schools due to the high water. culpeper two-hour delay due to high water in the county. please be careful this morning. good news for you. the rains are just about done everywhere. now we're dealing with wind. temperatures are dropping. they'll drop the low to mid-40s and stay there for the afternoon. make we get to 45, 46. but it's not going to feel like it. with the winds out of the west at 20, 21 miles an hour, gusting to possibly 30, 40, 50 miles an hour. temperatures falling into the 40s and 50s in our northwestern suburbs. there goes the rain. the cold air is producing snow in central new york, western pennsylvania and even in our western mountains. around here, there's the last bit of rain now up across the eastern shore. they're also under a wind

advisory like we are and areas west. gusts today could be to 50 miles an hour. we're still seeing many gusts right now in the 40 mile an hour range. close to it anyway in hagerstown and martinsburg. gusting to 39 at bwi. 36 in annapolis. south of town you guys could gust 30 to 40 so you're not in it down towards stafford and fredricksburg and culpeper and southern talk year. it's going to be a windy -- talk year. it's going to be a windy dayle. we constituent at 50 degrees right -- we sit at 50 degrees right now. a disturbance late tonight, tomorrow morning may bring a little bit of light snow or dusting to areas, especially south of town. windy and colder. tonight we're dipping into the 20s to around 30 with the late signatureries or light -- late flurries or light snow. 33 for the afternoon. saturday and sunday better. still be windy and blustery on friday but the weekend will be in the 30s to around 40. a lot less wind. a passing flurry sunday. back to 43 by monday. monika samtani, take it away.

there's a lot to tell you this morning, not only with high standing water but also water rescues this morning. in fact, let me give you the list right now. 16000 block, north of route 28. i believe that water rescue just occurred. brighton dam road and gold mine. now sky 9 is on the way to another water rescue in germantown, berryville road north of seneca road. we're trying to see if we get that shot for you. in the meantime here's the big message for you: turn around, don't drown. if you see high standing water, please just turn around. montgomery county fire and rescue again dealing with their fourth water rescue of the morning. lots of flooding and high water and downed trees, especially on the lesser traveled roads. let's take a look outside. on the southbound side of i- 270, pretty normal. if you're planning to head from route 109 to 121, here's what it looks like. the slow stretch for you and again in the rockville area as

well. in virginia on the northbound side of i-95 you're doing okay but coming in from the west, loudoun county has been in touch with us as well. they're telling us there are tons of road closures, especially again on the smaller roads. let's take a look at the 14th street bridge on the northbound side of i-395. no issues to report heading into the downtown area, but high standing water on the gw parkway and the stretch between the memorial bridge and the 14th street bridge as well. we'll see if we can get you that sky 9 shot next time around in germantown. back to you, jess. >> thank you, monika. an officer and an auction. 13 military batchelors will be auctioned off tonight for a great cause. the event hosted by the embassy of austria and it benefits the seventh annual gi film festival. we have actor scott from argo. we also have the festival co- founder and bachelor captain keith. thanks so much for getting up with us this morning. to talk about this.

i've got to ask you, scott, how did you get involved with this particular event? >> a friend of mine here in d.c. is familiar with the event and having been in the military myself and film obviously being a part of my life, it was a perfect fit. i made some phone calls and here we are. >> this is exciting. laura, i know you have to be excited because you're involved in the film festival itself. how did this all begin? this is the first year you're doing this. >> absolutely. it's our first year. the festival season starts in may, may 6 to 12th this year. we were so excited to do something fun, to kick off the festival season and raise awareness. why not a bachelor auction with our military veterans. >> we have captain keith over here, very handsome young manual. he will be on the auction block. how are you feeling ahead of tonight? >> pretty good. very comfortable. >> how did you get involved with this? >> actually, two of my very close friends actually recommended me through two different sources to do this because they know i'm very charitable and love to help out veterans n. is a way for

veterans to tell their story. so it's a good opportunity. >> what are you hoping to raise yourself individually? >> i'm looking for about $10,000. >> so that's what the bidding is kind of going to go for for a lot of women? >> yes. >> bring your wallets. scott, how are you feeling about tonight? are you excited? >> it's great, absolutely. great organization to be a part of. like i said, having grown up in a military family and film. so it was a perfect fit, great organization. yeah, hopefully we can raise some awareness and raise some money. >> tell us a little bit about your military background. >> i have a military family. both my dad and i are fighter pilots. i went in having plans to fly f13s but through a turn of events, i ended up in hollywood. and now i'm here. >> we're so glad you're here

because you get to be part of this fantastic event. how much would you like to see raised? >> we don't have a goal. it's our first year. we're just happy to do it, have some fun, partnering with organizations. scott is going to go for millions. we'll see. >> the film festival, tell us a little bit about that. >> our mission is to preserve the stories of men and women in uniform n. is our seventh year. the film festival is may 6 through 12. >> tickets tonight still available? >> absolutely. we have tickets available online right now and then we're going to cut off this afternoon and you can get them at the door. >> we'll give you the last details. an officer and an auction. this is benefiting the gi film festival. this is hosted by the embassy of austria tonight from 7:00 p.m. till 10:00 p.m. i think i might be making some time in my schedule to attend this event. thanks so much for coming in, guys. >> thank you. >> mike, over to you. let's take another look at the washington golf show question of the morning. wusa9 facebook fan page is

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welcome back. the rains are gone but a lot of high water and still problems this morning. the other problem will be the winds today which could gust to 50 miles an hour as temperatures drop into the 40s for most of us. upper 30s in the northern shenandoah valley. wind advisory till 6:00 p.m. a driver trapped in the car on ripple ford road in darnestown, maryland has been rescued. firefighters waded through the high water to pull the man to safety from the passenger side. in brookeville on brighton dam road, another car trapped in high water. we're not sure if anyone is inside this one in this vehicle at this time. fire crews rescued one person from a house fire in bethesda. it began just before 6:00 at a house in the 7700 block of

glenmore spring road. the person was treated at the scene. the fire as been put out. just a heads up, sky 9 is over yet another water rescue. monika is going to bring you that in just a little bit. >> it's definitely something you want to avoid. do not go through the high standing water. the time is 6:54. one final check of weather and traffic when we come back. >> stay

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>> hut. [ grunting ] >> come on, man. you've been riding me all day. >> you're playing like betty white out there. >> that's not what your girlfriend says. >> better? >> better. >> you're not you when you're hungry. >> that's a great commercial. >> i love it. >> weather wise, it's going to be-- >> windy today and temps in the 40s. windchills in the 30s. >> we've been telling you all morning long turn around, don't drown. here's an example of y. it only takes 2 feet of water to move a car. let's take a live look from our sky 9 at an ongoing water rescue. this is 14601 berryville road north of seneca road. if you're planning -- actually, this is our shot from our brighton dam road and new hampshire avenue. the other ongoing is berryville

road as well. please heed our advice. turn around, don't drown. this is the fourth water rescue that montgomery county fire and rescue has had to deal with this morning up north. so lots of problems all around the area. loudoun county is also telling us about a lot of road closures as well because of high water, downed trees. >> 1 to 3 inches of rain last night. the ground had nowhere to take it. it's still pretty frozen. >> cbs this morning is up next. we'll be back here tomorrow morning at 4:25. have a great day, everybody. turn around, don't drown. be careful.